560 SOME NEW SPECIES OP COCCIDjE FROM AUSTRALIA, 



Young larva (viewed as embryo within body of female), oblong- 

 oval, tapering behind. Antennae 6-jointed, 6th longest. Dorsum 

 with series of longish blunt spines. 



Hob. — Mittagong, N.S.W., (Froggatt Coll. No. 318); on young 

 twigs and leaf -stalks of Acacia decurrens. 



Subfamily ASTEB.OLECANIIN.ffi. 

 Antecerococcus, gen.nov. 



Adult female not forming a complete test separable from the 

 insect; but with body closely covered with adherent waxy matter. 

 Antennae and legs atrophied, the latter consisting merely of a 

 tubercle surmounted by a claw. Anal lobes prominent, each 

 bearing a long seta; and between them a chitinous dorsal pro- 

 longation as in Cerococcus and Olliffia. Derm with figure-of-8- 

 shaped pores. 



Male puparium as in Cerococcus. 



Adult male not known. 



Antecerococcus punctiferus, sp.nov. 



Dried examples of the adult female (fig. 3) are irregularly 

 broadly oval, abruptly narrowed behind : dorso-ventrally depressed: 

 with a median longitudinal rounded ridge on thorax, on each side 

 of which is a deeper depression : another depression above the 

 caudal region. Dorsum with a thick covering of brownish 

 granular waxy matter which adheres closely to the insect. 

 Ventral surface thinly covered with similar material. There are 

 compact tufts of longish stout pale yellowish glassy filaments 

 arising from definite spots : two conspicuous tufts on each side 

 corresponding with the stigmatic areas : two smaller tufts 

 directed backwards and inwards from the base of the abdominal 

 depression, and a fringe of outwardly and backwardly directed 

 filaments from the lateral margins of the abdominal extension. 

 The position of these filamentary tracts is indicated on the derm 

 of the insect by groups of large 8-shaped pores. Length 1 50 mm.; 

 breadth 1 mm. 



